δενδροτομέω

A. cut down trees, πρὸς καῦσιν Str. 14.6.5, cf. S.E. M. 5.69: but usu.,
2. lay waste a country, Th. 1.108: metaph., δ. τὸ νῶτον Ar. Pax 747.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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